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Re: Does Thermal Depolymerization Solve the Problem of Peak Oil?
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by o2ny on Wednesday, April 27 @ 13:02:03 PDT
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I think the article is somewhat misleading in it's statement that 'i.e., the energy requirements of the process are only 15% of the energy it produces.' This sounds like more energy is created than what goes in. According to CWT's website it's really a negative energy output:
"For every 100 BTUs available in our feedstock, approximately 15-20 BTUs are needed to provide energy for the plant. The remaining BTUs will be available for sale in a converted state. "
Basically 100 BTUs go in and 85 come out as oil. It might be nice to recover oil in this way for the short-term but you can't hope to supplement current oil production with a negative return on energy input.
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